“It’s a real shame to be honest. If we’d been battered all over the pitch then you’d say fair enough, we were outplayed but we gave it our all and when it goes down like that, especially in the first half, you have to take the criticism.

“A consolation is no good for no one, to be honest, obviously it’s nice to score but in the context of the game it means nothing, I’d rather win the game one-nil with the striker scoring.”